Adrian Edmondson
Acting
Adrian Edmondson was born in Bradford, Yorkshire. He went to Manchester University to study drama. Whilst he was there he met Rik Mayall, and the pair began performing as 20th Century Coyote. The act continued after university when Adrian & Rik moved to London, and they became two of the leading lights in the new 'alternative comedy' scene, performing at the newly established Comedy Store, and setting up their own club, The Comic Strip, with 'Peter Richardson', Nigel Planer, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, and Alexei Sayle. This spawned two 1980s TV series: The Young Ones (1982), and The Comic Strip Presents... (1982) In the 1990's Ade & Rik continued their partnership with a new series called Bottom (1991), which ran for three seasons and became a major success on the live circuit. It was basically a live sitcom, liberally sprinkled with slapstick humour, and the pair did 5 long tours between 1993 and 2003. Simultaneously, Adrian established himself as an actor, doing two improvised TV films under the Screen One and Screen Two umbrella, with director Les Blair: Screen Two: Honest, Decent and True (1986), and Screen One: News Hounds (1990) (winner of the BAFTA for best single drama). He was a regular in the hospital drama Holby City (1999) from 2005 - 2008. He took the lead in a drama documentary about the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster in the series Surviving Disaster (2006), and appeared as Henry Austen in the TV movie Miss Austen Regrets (2008), the film Blood (2012), and the drama series Prey (2014). But his most notable dramatic role to date is that of Count Rostov in the BBC series War & Peace (2016).
Alien: Earth - On Set Dispatches
Self
Bottom: Exposed
Himself
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
Self
The Best Birthday Ever
Granny (voice)
The Trick
Edward Acton
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
Self
King Rocker
Self (archive footage)
Completely Bad News
Vim Fuego
The Rizen: Possession
The Interviewer
How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
RSC Live: Twelfth Night
Malvolio
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Captain Peavey
Interlude In Prague
Herr Luptak
The Rizen
Interviewer
Rocky Horror Show Live
Narrator
Five Go to Rehab
Dick
Blood
Tom Tiernan
Britain Beware!
Self (Presenter)
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Baron von Richthoven/Self
Rocky Horror Tribute Show
Brad
Miss Austen Regrets
Henry Austen
The Dangerous Brothers - Dangervision
Sir Adrian Dangerous
If It Ain't Stiff: The Stiff Records Story
Self (Narrator)
The Making of 'The Young Ones'
Self (Archived Footage)
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - 40th Anniversary Celebration
Self
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
Self
Bottom Mindless Violence
Vyvyan / Eddie Catflap / Sir Adrian Dangerous / Dreamy Time Escort / Eddie Hitler / Eddie Ndingombaba (archive footage)
Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour
Edward Hitler
The Best of French & Saunders
Various
Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity
Eddie
Four Men in a Plane
Ian Crisp
Guest House Paradiso
Eddie Elizabeth Ndingombaba
Big Bottom Live - The Best of Bottom Live
The Making of 'Guest House Paradiso'
Self
The Man
Ash
Jack and the Beanstalk: The ITV Pantomime
Dame Dolly
Four Men in a Car
Ian
Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island
Eddie Hitler
Bottom Fluff
Bottom Live 2: The Big Number 2 Tour
Eddie
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye
Zyke
French and Saunders' Christmas Carol
Tim Goodchance
Bottom Live: The Stage Show
Eddie
Demonella
Sid Vicious
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
Gregory Dawson
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
'K' / Air Traffic Controller
Holy - Bottom: Christmas Special
Edward Elizabeth Hitler
Red Nose of Courage
John Major/Coco the Clown
The Pope Must Die
Father Rookie
News Hounds
Phil Burke
Les Dogs
Best Man
Oxford
2nd MI5 Man / Fan
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie!
Billy
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
Billy
GLC: The Carnage Continues
Billy/Prince Charles/Giles Cricket Bat Portland
Just Like That!
Self
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
Self
An Audience With Victoria Wood
Self
The Yob
Michael
Mr Jolly Lives Next Door
Dreamy Time Escort
More Bad News
Vim Fuego
The Strike
Adrian/Slim/Policeman
Eat the Rich
Charles
Filthy Rich & Catflap
Edward Catflap
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
Self
Honest Decent & True
Alun Pickersgill
Private Enterprise
Brian
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
John
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
Sir Adrian Dangerous
The Supergrass
Dennis Carter
Happy Families
Guy Fuddle / Grandpa Harold Fuddle
Slags
Ace
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
Eddie Moonson
Gino: Full Story and Pics
Gordon/Bill
A Fistful of Travellers' Cheques
Billy
Susie
Martin
Dirty Movie
Bean
Five Go Mad on Mescalin
Dick
Summer School
Peter
Bad News
Vim Fuego/Alan Metcalfe
The Beat Generation
Desmond
War
Various Roles
Dead on Time
Fool
Five Go Mad in Dorset
Dick
Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind the Green Door
Keith Marshall
The Comic Strip